Legal Opinion
Jose Rolando Escobar Ruiz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 1987No. 83-7502PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
In Escobar Ruiz v. INS, 787 F.2d 1294 (9th Cir.1986), we decided that the former Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), codified at 5 U.S.C. § 504 (1982) and 28 U.S.C. § 2412 (1982), applies to immigration proceedings before the immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). 1 We rejected the argument that § 292 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1362 (1982), precludes the extension of the EAJA to such proceedings. Section 292 provides that “the person concerned shall have the privilege of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by37 opinions
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